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Making Your Own Aromatherapy & Herbal Natural Products Course

Aromatherapy & Herbal Natural Products (Making your own)

Professional Development/Personal Achievement

By successfully completing this course, you could:

Gain skills and knowledge to expand an existing practice, as a foundation qualification towards further studies, or for personal interest
Be awarded the BSY Professional Certificate of Merit

You can study this course from the comfort of your own home; in your own time and at your own pace; with helpful support and encouragement from our friendly tutors.

This course takes you through the whole journey from obtaining your raw materials to presenting the completed natural products. The course examines fully the legal and safety requirements – working environment, storage, correct labelling and record keeping – as well as the practical aspects of purchasing the raw materials, equipment, production and presentation of the finished product.

Syllabus

Lesson One
- Introduction
- Legal and Safety Requirements
  - Licensing
  - Insurance
  - Work Environment
  - Safety
  - Labelling
  - INCI (International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients)
  - Record Keeping
Lesson Two
- Raw Materials
  - Suppliers
  - Storage
  - Vegetable Oils
  - Detergents (For liquid soaps and shampoos)
  - Preservatives
  - Natural Moisturisers
  - Clays
  - Essential Oils
  - Thickening Agents
Lesson Three
- Skin Problems
  - Diet
  - Medication
  - Cleansing
- Soap Making
  - Glycerine Soaps
  - Moulds
  - Recipe
  - Step by Step Method
  - Traditional Soap
  - Safety Guidelines
  - Recipe
  - Step By Step Method
  - Removing the Soap from the Moulds
  - Curing Process
Lesson Four
- Soap Making (Continued)
  - Using Herbs or Essential Oils
  - Choices of Herbs and Oils
  - Liquid Soaps
  - Recipe
- Hair Oil Treatments
  - Dry Hair and Itchy Scalp
  - Recipe
  - Method
  - Shampoo
  - Adaptation
Lesson Five
- Further Hair Oil Treatments
  - Damaged Dry Hair
  - Dandruff
  - Shampoo
  - Shampoo for Oily Hair
- Hair Gels
  - Head Lice
- Face Masks
  - Recipe
  - Adaptations
Lesson Six
- Ointments
  - Texture
  - Basic Recipe for Herb Ointment
  - Supplementary Information
  - Hardeners and Other Oils
  - Using Essential Oils in Ointments
  - Hand Balm
- Pets
  - Flea Treatment
  - Paw Treatment
  - Cat Spray
- Conclusion

No practical training is required to complete this course.

Enrol on this course from £70 £50

There are two ways you can enrol on this course. You can:

Pay with a deposit of £70 £50, followed by 8 monthly instalments of £25
OR
Pay the total course fee in one sum of £270 £250 and also receive a special complimentary gift

To enrol by phone, please call our friendly course advisors on Freephone 0800 731 9271.